Melbourne MSP Blue Connections IT and NTT Australia have won Aruba APJ Partner of the Year 2023 Awards.
Blue Connections IT was named Aruba APJ marketing partner of the year, while NTT Australia took out the APJ as-a-service partner of the year award.
It’s the second partner award for Blue Connections IT in the last month. Blue Connections won the Environment, Social and Governance 2023 ANZ Award by Dell Technologies in August 2023.
In May 2023, Blue Connections IT announced it had achieved carbon neutral certification, certified by Climate Active.
A total of 14 winners from across Asia Pacific and Japan region were announced by Aruba APJ Channel & Services Sales Leader Tony Smith.
Smith acknowledged the vendor’s entire partner network. “While there can only be a few winners every year, I’d also like to recognise our large community of partners who continue to set a gold standard across the APJ region,” he stated.
The 2023 Aruba APJ Partner Award winners are:
- Edge solution partner of the year: NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd – Singapore
- Distributor champion of the year: Ingram Micro Hong Kong – Hong Kong
- SD-WAN partner of the year: Skylark Information – India
- SD-WAN distributor of the year: Techknowlogic Consultants India Private Limited – India
- DCN partner of the year: Kinmax Technology – Taiwan
- As-a-service partner of the year: NTT Australia – Australia
- SMB distributor of the year: Ingram Micro India – India
- SMB partner of the year: iForte Solusi Infotek – Indonesia
- Marketing partner of the year: Blue Connections IT – Australia
- Hospitality partner of the year: EMINET – APJ Regional
- Global service provider of the year: NTT – APJ Regional
- Managed service provider of the year: Singapore Telecommunications – APJ Regional
- Partner of the year: Beijing Microshield Technology – China
- Distributor of the year: Dongkuk Systems – Korea